Back in August, I noted how silly it was for UNH pollster Andrew E. Smith to declare that Mitt Romney's weak 4th place, 12% showing in a poll conducted in a state he lives next door to, and has a summer home in, constituted "looking … [Read more...]
New Suffolk poll: Patrick up 46% – 33%
Frank saw it first, but since I (after much digging) managed to find the press release on Suffolk's newly-impossible-to-navigate website with a few more details, I thought I'd write it up separately.The basics: 400 likely voters. MoE: … [Read more...]
BIG rally for Deval Patrick this Sunday @ Boston Common
This just in, from Patrick/Murray HQ:Campaigns for change can often have a defining moment: a moment where the politics of oldof divisiveness and fearare exposed for what they are; a moment where people of all backgrounds come together to … [Read more...]
Tim O’Brien’s big gaffe on “personal experience” as a crime victim: does it matter, or doesn’t it?
Charley noted this below, but it strikes me as important enough to make a bigger deal out of.In response to the fact that Deval Patrick has personally experienced violent crime -- "sources told the Herald that Patrick was referring to being … [Read more...]
Apparently, Healey was for banning stem cell research before she was against it
As we all know, Kerry Healey is in favor of stem cell research. Or is she?Awesome digging by BMG's ground troops leads to the following find from a 2005 AP story:Romney recently credited Healey with raising concerns that stem cell … [Read more...]
Strong statements in Deval Patrick’s endorsements by women’s groups
As has already been reported, Deval Patrick picked up the endorsements of NOW, Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund, and NARAL today. What struck me was the strong language in some of the endorsements.Melissa Kogut, Executive Director of … [Read more...]
Jay Fitzgerald gets the big picture on the recent poll
Over at Hub Blog, Jay Fitzgerald gets it exactly right.What candidate for any office wouldn't love an 18 percent lead at this point in a campaign? Healey will have to do much, much more than hammer away at a somewhat manufactured … [Read more...]
Warner’s out for ’08
Gotta say I'm a tad bummed about this. Kim points us to a CNN story reporting that Mark Warner, the popular ex-Governor of Virginia, has decided not to run for President in 2008.I'm deeply ambivalent about Hillary Clinton. I … [Read more...]
Kerry Healey 2.0
It's not the first time a candidate has undergone a radical makeover in the course of seeking higher office. But it's always sad to see.Within the last few years, Kerry Healey saw MCAS in shades of grey, expressing concern about how … [Read more...]
Healey’s hypoCORIsy: she was for restricting CORI access before she was against it
The Globe lays it out for all to see. Kerry Healey tries to talk tough about CORI -- the Criminal Offender Record Information database that contains information about arrests and convictions. But, when she actually had the … [Read more...]
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